How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

Name: How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
Uploaded: 2021
Duration: 23 min
Description: A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality. This video is 500 years of not teaching the cubic formula. -- Imaginary Numbers are Real -- Dunham, W. (1990). Journey through genius: The great theorems of mathematics. New York. -- Toscano, F. (2020). The Secret Formula. Princeton University Press. --

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A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality. This video is 500 years of not teaching the cubic formula. -- Imaginary Numbers are Real -- Dunham, W. (1990). Journey through genius: The great theorems of mathematics. New York. -- Toscano, F. (2020). The Secret Formula. Princeton University Press. --

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